From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning
trilogy--Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree, and the upcoming
Mississippi Blood--comes this e-original novella featuring former
prosecutor Penn Cage, a story of family secrets and justice denied, plus
an excerpt from Natchez Burning.
Death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him,
then his deepest secrets go with him.
When a heart attack sends Penn's father, Tom Cage, to the ER, Tom begs
that his son be brought to his side to hear a dying declaration. But
when Penn arrives, Tom denies ever making the request--keeping his
secrets for another day.
The emergency hurls Penn back to a chilling case in Houston, where he
worked in a DA's office known as the "death factory," which sent more
killers to death row than any other in America. While Penn cares for his
ailing wife, a tormented forensic technician brings him evidence of a
crime lab in chaos, throwing past convictions into doubt, and begs Penn
to prevent an imminent travesty of justice. With the desperation of a
man fighting death in his own home, Penn must find a way to bring the
machinery of the death factory to a halt.